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dnted QSia-tea @met @with Letters Patent No. 103,625,dated May 31, 1870iIMPROVED DINING-TABLE The ASchedule referred to in these Letters Patentand naking part of the same.

l, JAMES L. KNIGHT, of Tracy Creek, in the county of Broome and State ofNew York,'have invented certain Improvements in Dining-Tables, of' whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to the combination of the ta- Able and waiter witha vertical shaft, which works on an adjustable stepping-piece.

This shaft .is provided with a pulley. which' receives inotion'from a belt impelled by a pulley near the edge of the 'tablefthe object of theinvention being the construction of 'a practicable table and waiterwhich shall be effect-ive an`d conveuieut in its operation and notliable to derangement. I

Figure 1 is a view of .a table embodying my inventiou.

Figure 2 is an inverted view of the same, showing the arrangement foroperating it.

A is the table, the top of which may be made in a circularor other form,and provided with or without the ordinary movable leaves.

In the center of the top of the body of the table is a circular openingextending nearly -to the joints of the leaves, leaving a rim of suicientwidth for the plates, &c. l'

l Into this opening is fitted loosely the waiter B, which works on theshoulder of a pivot, C, at the lower end of the velticalshaft D, whichis supported in its position by passing through a hole in thecrosspieeeE.

The waiter B is adjusted to any required height above the surface of thetable, or depressed so as to be Hush with it, by means of the adjustingthumbscrews F F, which raise or ydepress the steppingpiece G, l

This stepping-piece is secured iu its position on the guide-screws a aby the set-nuts b b.

The waiter B is operated by a belt from the driving-pulley H, whichpasses over a smaller pulley, I, on the shaft D.

Said driving-pulley is att-ached to the frame of the table, and projectsfar enough under the top to be moved in the desired direction by thehand, or it may v be operated by a crank'attached to the lower end ofthe shaft.

iiied.

JAMES L. KNIGHT.

Witnesses:

GEO. M. Rions, J 0s. GILLEsPIE.

